And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
The verse belongs to the account of Ahab, who wickedly sold himself to the worship of heathen gods and later forced that worship upon Israel. It comes in the account of the defeat of Ben-hadad, king of Syria. In that place it marks another effort by God to win the weak Ahab.
The verse belongs to the account of Ahab, who wickedly sold himself to the worship of heathen gods and later forced that worship upon Israel. It comes in the account of the defeat of Ben-hadad, king of Syria. In that place it marks another effort by God to win the weak Ahab.